Bronson (movie)

Review: 'The Dark Knight Rises' more than shines, and on many levels

2012-07-18 10:20:00

Potent, persuasive and hypnotic, "The Dark Knight Rises"has us at its mercy. A disturbing experience we live through as much as a film we watch, this dazzling conclusion to director Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy is more than an exceptional...

The artistic austerity of Scandinavian filmmakers

2011-12-01 00:00:00

Movie review: 'Warrior'

2011-09-09 00:00:00

"Warrior" is too much of a good thing. A family drama set in the ultraviolent world of mixed martial arts, it shows promise but finally hits things so hard, both literally and metaphorically, that it's hard not to feel pummeled yourself by the time it's...

Cliff Martinez scores a strange success with 'Drive'

2011-10-16 00:00:00

The cristal baschet is one of the most beautiful musical instruments you will ever see, made of vibrating, tuned steel, fiberglass amplification cones and wire "whiskers" that shimmy when fingers rub the glass-rod keyboard. Film composer Cliff Martinez'...

Cannes Film Review: 'Only God Forgives'

2013-05-22 06:30:04

The wallpaper emotes more than Ryan Gosling does in "Only God Forgives," an exercise in supreme style and minimal substance from "Drive" director Nicolas Winding Refn. In retrospect, the controlled catatonia of Gosling's previous perfs is nothing compared...

Philip Seymour Hoffman at the Goodman: 'Long Red Road' is a LAByrinth export

2010-02-26 12:46:19

The Mystique of the Motorcycle

2002-06-16 00:00:00

Even if you have never ridden on a motorcycle, never even touched one, your beliefs are formed. You know exactly what motorcycles are all about. You've learned from Marlon Brando in "The Wild One." You admired or despised the tub-thumping exploits of...

Hardy has gradually gained more attention over the years thanks to "Bronson," "Inception," "Warrior" and "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.

2011-12-27 14:50:18

Even though the great "Warrior" depressingly flopped at the box office, I'm still including Hardy (left) and Edgerton (right), as this year Hardy graduated to leading man known in America (he'll soon appear in "The Wettest County in the World" and "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy") after strong work in

2011-10-28 13:09:25

What performances did you love this year? "There's been quite a few. I loved Adam Sandler's performance in 'Funny People.' I loved Max Records' performance in 'Where the Wild Things Are' and James Gandolfini's voice performance in that.

2010-02-16 19:07:05